ancestress

an·ces·tress

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [an-ses-tris or, esp. British, -suh-stris]
- /ˈæn sɛs trɪs or, esp. British, -sə strɪs/
- /ˈæn.se.strɪs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [an-ses-tris or, esp. British, -suh-stris]
- /ˈæn sɛs trɪs or, esp. British, -sə strɪs/

Definitions of ancestress word

noun ancestress a female ancestor (sense 1) ancestor (sense 4) 3
noun ancestress a woman from whom a person is descended. 1
noun ancestress female ancestor. 0

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Origin of ancestress

First appearance:

before 1570

One of the 33% oldest English words

First recorded in 1570-80; ancest(o)r + -ess

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Parts of speech for Ancestress

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Ancestress

ancestress popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

ancestress usage trend in Literature

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